Reducing Debt And Increasing Access To The Profession: An Empirical Study Of Graduate Debt At U.S. Law Schools

June 28, 2021

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an Journal of Legal Education article by professors Scott F. Norberg and Stephanie Garcia (Florida International University Law) that explores the cost of law school and the amount of debt students must carry to finance a legal education.

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Moving Toward A Competency-Based Model For Fostering Law Students’ Relational Skills

June 28, 2021

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Clinical Law Review article by professors Majorie A. Silver (Touro Law), Susan L. Brooks, Sarah Fishel, and Kellie Wiltsie (Drexel Law) that argues for a competency-based approach for developing knowledge, skills, and values in law students.

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Wellness And Law: Reforming Legal Education To Support Student Wellness

June 28, 2021

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Howard Law Journal article by professor Janet Thompson Jackson (Washburn Law) that suggests reforms law schools can adopt to better support student mental well-being.

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LSAC: Understanding And Interpreting Law School Enrollment — Focus on Race and Ethnicity

June 15, 2021

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a report from the Law School Admission Council on how they assist law school recruitment efforts by providing a data snapshot of prospective students in the pipeline.

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A Look into the Most Difficult Law School Admissions Cycle We Have Ever Seen

June 15, 2021

Spivey Consulting (By Mike Spivey) — The author provides an analysis of the 2020 law school admissions cycle and discusses the implications it has for this fall.

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Formation Without Identity: Avoiding a Wrong Turn in the Professionalism Movement

June 15, 2021

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an excerpt from a UMKC Law Review article by Eli Wald (Denver Law) that provides blueprint for including professional identity formation in the law school curriculum.

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Feeling And Thinking Like A Lawyer: Cognition, Emotion, And The Practice And Progress Of Law

June 15, 2021

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Fordham Law Review article by Professor Susan A. Bande (DePaul Law) that outlines the harmful consequences of trying to eliminate emotion in the practice of law.

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AALS Annual Meeting Call for Papers: New Voices in Taxation

June 15, 2021

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a call for papers from the AALS Section on Taxation for their works-in-progress session at the 2022 AALS Annual Meeting. The deadline for submissions is August 13, 2021.

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Writing Competition (Professional Responsibility)

June 15, 2021

Indisputably (By Michael Moffitt) — Professor Moffitt (University of Oregon Law) shares a call for article submissions from the AALS Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution for the Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize. The award recognizes outstanding scholarship in professional responsibility published in 2021 and the winner will be recognized at the 2022 AALS Annual Meeting

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